Tonight on Monday Night Raw: After much criticism, Raw interim general manager John Laurinaitis admits a mistake and welcomes "Good Ol' JR" Jim Ross back to Raw, but not for commentary. Instead, Ross is back to team with John Cena as they face Alberto Del Rio and Michael Cole in the main event. Should be a good one!

For the first time ever, we are LIVE! from Mexico City, Mexico. Michael Cole and Jerry "The King" Lawler are our hosts and this show is presented in WWEHD (TV-PG, V)

The Interim General Manager of Raw, John Laurinaitis, is out to start the show, speaking English to a Spanish-speaking audience. Smart! He says he might make mistakes and hopes for their consideration. He says he made a mistake last week by firing Jim Ross. He says he got a bunch of tweets about it, so now he wants to show everyone he's fair, so he welcomes Jim Ross back to Raw.

Ross goes to put his headset on but Laurinaitis asks him to come into the ring. Laurinaitis gives him a big hug. He says he was very unprofessional last week. He says JR isn't here to commentate tonight. He says after JR did the "walk of shame" last week, something happened during commercial break. We see Michael Cole leading the crowd in the goodbye song. Laurinaitis says he feels they should settle the differences between JR and Cole tonight on Raw. He says, in the main event tonight, it will be Cole and Alberto Del Rio to face Jim Ross and John Cena.

Rhodes tags out in favor of Henry but Orton comes flying around the ring to attack Rhodes. Orton batters him up the ramp and into the backstage area.

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We're back and Christian and Henry have Morrison isolated briefly until Morrison starts getting some offense in on Christian until Henry comes in and puts a stop to that by stepping on Morrison. Morrison drops Christian, who tags Henry. Morrison crawls near Sheamus but Henry cuts him off with a big double sledge. Morrison goes low on Henry and goes to tag Sheamus but Christian pulls Sheamus off the apron. They start brawling and fight through the crowd and to the back.

In the ring, Morrison hits a kick and comes off the ropes, but Henry grabs him, throws him in the air and catches him on the way down with the World's Strongest Slam. He's not getting up from that.

Winners via pinfall: Mark Henry, Christian & Cody Rhodes

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John Laurinaitis is backstage with the Bella Twins. They hit on him. He places a phone call when he is interrupted by Ricardo Rodriguez and Alberto Del Rio. Del Rio is not happy about the main event. Laurinaitis settles him down by telling him the winner will pick the stipulation of the WWE Championship match at Vengeance.

Match #2 - Eve Torres (Denver, Colo.) vs. Natalya (Calgary, Alberta)

Discus clothesline connects right off the bat for Natalya and she follows that with an abdominal stretch. Then out of nowhere, Eve hits a reversal on Natalya and follows up with a moonsault and that's it.

Winner via pinfall: Eve Torres

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Match #3 - CM Punk (Chicago, Ill.) vs. The Miz (Cleveland, Ohio)

Punk with some holds early, but Miz locks in a headlock and then a takeover to ground Punk. Punk pushes Miz off but gets shoulderblocked. Punk stands and hits a drop kick and Miz rolls to the floor. Punk responds to that but hitting a suicide dive.

In the ring, Punk goes for the corner knee but Miz moves and Punk goes over the top rope and to the floor. After some recovery time, Punk reenters the ring with the springboard forearm. But some shenanigans and a double team with R-Truth gives Miz the edge as Triple H was detained by the referee.

Miz fires up and hits the corner clothesline. Headlock for Miz but Punk gets out of it. He charges Miz in the corner but Miz gets his boot up and then goes to the top. He comes down but Punk hits him with a spinning back kick and both men are down.

Punk stalks Miz but Miz pulls him through the ropes and to the floor. While there, Miz takes the referee and Truth hits Punk with a water bottle. Triple H chases Truth up the ramp when John Laurinaitis comes flying out with security and demands the match be stopped. He says there's an immigration problem with Triple H. As Triple H walks away with the immigration officials, Truth taunts him. Triple H punches him in the face for his troubles.

This match is a no contest

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Oh, wait, the match is still going on. Punk gets out of a headlock and hits a swinging neckbreaker. He tries the running knee again and hits it. Punk goes to the top and hits the big Macho Man elbow. He calls for the GTS. They trade finisher attempts and Truth ends up on the apron. Punk shoves Miz into Truth and then pins him on the rebound.

Winner via pinfall: CM Punk

Truth hops in the ring and the beatdown is on. Referees come down to break it up and Miz and Truth leave peacefully, that is until Truth runs back down and plants Punk with his finisher and Miz follows with a Skull-Crushing Finale.

Big boot from Ryan sends Ziggler absolutely flying. Ryan is just all over Ziggler here, beating him down in the corner. He won't stop at the count of five and the referee has no choice but to ring the bell.

Winner via disqualification: Dolph Ziggler

Swagger tries to attack after but Ryan dispatches of him and then hits Ziggler with a power slam for good measure.

Cole asks to start the match against JR and his request is granted. Cole bad mouths him and JR slaps him, sending Cole to the canvas. Cole tags in Del Rio, who rushes in to try to get his hands on JR, but JR is too fast and tags in Cena.

They trade some moves. Cena hits a nice leap frog and a hip toss, but Del Rio hits a hip toss of his own and locks in a headlock. Cena escapes that and puts Del Rio in a head lock. Del Rio gets out of that with a back suplex and goes to work with another headlock. Cena to a vertical base and and hits a slam. He charges Del Rio in the corner but the champion moves and puts the boots to Cena after he crashes into the corner. Del Rio with a double sledge off the top and then a hard kick to the body.

Snap suplex for Del Rio for two and then back to another headlock. Cena to his feet and he superhumanly breaks Del Rio grip. He loads him up for the AA but Del Rio counters into a German suplex with a bridge for two. Del Rio lines Cena up in the corner and hits the jumping kick to the head for two. Del Rio to the top. He goes for a back splash but Cena moves. Now Cena starts firing up. Clotheslines, side slam and the Five Knuckle Shuffle connect. Cena going for the AA but Del Rio slaps Cole in the stomach, which is a tag.

Cena pulls Cole into the ring and Cole cowers. He offers his hand to Cena, who accepts it, only to pull him into the Attitude Adjustment. He goes to pull the leg for the STF but instead tags in JR. He locks in the ankle lock and Cole taps.

Winners via submission: Jim Ross & John Cena

After the match, Del Rio tries to sneak attack Cena but Cena counters him and hits the AA on the floor. He grabs a mic and tells Del Rio, after blasting him with the steel steps and counting to 10, that they'll be meeting in a Last Man Standing match at Vengeance.

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